Allied Warships

USS Patterson (DD 392)

Destroyer of the Bagley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bagley
Pennant	DD 392
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	23 Jul 1935
Launched	6 May 1937
Commissioned	22 Sep 1937
End service	8 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned 8 November 1945. Stricken 25 February 1947. Sold 18 August 1947 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Patterson (DD 392)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Jack Ellett Hurff, USN	early 1939	3 Mar 1941
2	Frank Robinson Walker, USN	3 Mar 1941	13 Sep 1942 (1)
3	T/Cdr. William Christian Schultz, USN	13 Sep 1942	29 May 1943
4	Lt. Albert Francis White, USN	29 May 1943	22 Aug 1944 (1)
5	Walter Andrew Hering, USN	22 Aug 1944	17 Mar 1945 (1)
6	Alfred Heath Angelo, Jr., USNR	17 Mar 1945	8 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Patterson include:

25 Aug 1943
The Japanese submarine I-25 is possibly sunk with depth charges some 110 nautical miles north-west of Espiritu Santo in position 13°10'S, 165°27'E by the US destroyer USS Ellet.

29 Sep 1943
Just before midnight on September 29, 1943, the USS Patterson collided with the USS McCalla (DD-488). Both ships' bows were sheared off at about the #1 gun turret. Three crewmen on the Patterson were killed and 10 were injured in the collision. The Captain of the McCalla was Lt.Cdr Halford A. Knoertzer who was "1st Lieutenant" on the Patterson when she was commissioned on September 22, 1937. (2)

19 May 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) departed Majoro Atoll for a two day exercise together with her sister ship USS New Jersey (Capt. C.F. Holden, USN), light carrier USS Belleau Wood (Capt. J. Perry, USN) and destroyers USS Izard (Cdr. M.T. Dayton, USN), USS Charrette (Cdr. E.S. Karpe, USN), USS Bell (Lt.Cdr. J.S.C. Gabbert, USN), USS Burns (Cdr. D.T. Eller, USN), USS Conner (Cdr. W.E. Kaitner, USN), USS Patterson (Lt.Cdr. A.F. White, USN) and USS Dorsey (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Teall, USN).